Vintage colour scheme

[ajax_andy]

I posted this yesterday but it seems to have vanished? Oh well here's a pic where I've atempted to add a vintage colour scheme... does it work well? This is the 1st time i've tried to create a vintage effect so feedback would be great

I created the colour scheme by editing the the R, G & B in curves



EXIF DATA:

Canon 450d
Tamron 17-50mm
1/125
F/4
ISO 400
Flash Fired


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[Vincent_G]

does it work well? ..imo, no. There's nothing in the image to warrant a vintage colour scheme.
If the furniture, wallpaper, hairstyles, clothing etc. were of a vintage nature, my opinion would be different. sorry for the negativity ..just my 2 cents.

[ajax_andy]

Originally Posted by Vincent_G

does it work well? ..imo, no. There's nothing in the image to warrant a vintage colour scheme.
If the furniture, wallpaper, hairstyles, clothing etc. were of a vintage nature, my opinion would be different. sorry for the negativity ..just my 2 cents.

No that is a fair comment and something I'll take in to consideration next time I consider doing this.

As for the actual colours etc does it work as a vintage style pic? i.e. if the furniture, wallpaper etc warranted this colour scheme would it work?

I ask because I may be doing a shoot soon where such things will be vintage and that is one of the reasons I tried it here to see if I could apply it to my future shoot.

[Vincent_G]

For a 1950's or 60's, I think you're pretty close.

[ajax_andy]

Originally Posted by Vincent_G

For a 1950's or 60's, I think you're pretty close.

Thanks you've been very helpful

[Niresangwa]

Does the treatment work as a 'vintage' treatment? I suppose so...given there are unlimited variations and expectations on an umbrella-type description. Applying a vintage finish to a normal image (ie, not period) is amongst expectations from clients these days. It's no so much about recreating a film type or period appearance, its more about using tones and contrast.

Does it help the image? Yes.. otherwise it's just a filler-candid aimed more at setting a scene than capturing 'important'. As such if you left it as i assume it was, it would have looked like a snapshot, as the girls in the foreground have flat lighting and the DoF is barely a component of the composition... doing something like this gives it a little extra something to take it beyond that.

Ultimately it's effectiveness depends upon how it fits with your style of presentation and processing, and the clients expectations.

imho it looks 'better' than the original plain shot looked.

[ajax_andy]

Originally Posted by Niresangwa

Does the treatment work as a 'vintage' treatment? I suppose so...given there are unlimited variations and expectations on an umbrella-type description. Applying a vintage finish to a normal image (ie, not period) is amongst expectations from clients these days. It's no so much about recreating a film type or period appearance, its more about using tones and contrast.

Does it help the image? Yes.. otherwise it's just a filler-candid aimed more at setting a scene than capturing 'important'. As such if you left it as i assume it was, it would have looked like a snapshot, as the girls in the foreground have flat lighting and the DoF is barely a component of the composition... doing something like this gives it a little extra something to take it beyond that.

Ultimately it's effectiveness depends upon how it fits with your style of presentation and processing, and the clients expectations.

imho it looks 'better' than the original plain shot looked.

Thanks for the feedback, I had hoped it would make the picture more interesting this way, as you said it's more a snapshot capturing a moment which isn't that inspiring but key to the wedding day, so hopefully this added some interest to the photo

[dansudbury]

Originally Posted by ajax_andy

I posted this yesterday but it seems to have vanished? Oh well here's a pic where I've atempted to add a vintage colour scheme... does it work well? This is the 1st time i've tried to create a vintage effect so feedback would be great

I created the colour scheme by editing the the R, G & B in curves



EXIF DATA:

Canon 450d
Tamron 17-50mm
1/125
F/4
ISO 400
Flash Fired


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I think you did GREAT... I love these partly fade effect really look like some of my old photos. Bravo! - Dansudbury

[ajax_andy]

Originally Posted by dansudbury

I think you did GREAT... I love these partly fade effect really look like some of my old photos. Bravo! - Dansudbury

Thank you